Wisconsin Frontier

This book traces the development of Wisconsin from its days as a French outpost to the farming and lumber empire it eventually became. Wisconsin experienced a gradual northwest growth from north of Chicago to the port at Superior. But this is not to say its history is either dull or predictable. The mightly rivers that dissect the state and the several Indain tribes that originally called Wisconsin home had much influence over the whites who eventually became known as the states first "settlers." This account is fast-paced and is an interesting read. People from this part of the country will enjoy reading about the formation of their state. The modern Republican Party owes its birth to Wisconsin as does the former political movement known as "Progressivism." Wisconsin also boasts of being a leading (former the leading) dairy-producing state. Timber barons denuded its northern forests (some never grew back, and would be miners found a small amount of iron. Wisconsin has a dynamic past and this book captures that development superbly.